Discrimination

Archive of posts in the 'Discrimination' category

Discrimination / Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability - Experiences of people with disability accessing air travel and pursuing complaints against airlines and airports

PIAC made a submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability to bring...

19 Jan 2023

Discrimination / Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability - Experiences of people with disability enforcing rights under the CRPD

PIAC made a submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability to bring...

19 Jan 2023

Discrimination / Submission to Senate Inquiry into the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022

PIAC provided a short submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment’s Inquiry into the Government’s Fair Work...

23 Nov 2022

Discrimination / Submission to inquiry into the 2022 Review of the Compulsory Third Party insurance scheme

PIAC made a short submission to the NSW Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice inquiry into the 2022 Review...

22 Nov 2022

Discrimination / Sydney may be hosting WorldPride but the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act is a source of shame

Forty years ago this month the then New South Wales premier, Neville Wran, introduced amendments to the state’s Anti-Discrimination Act...

18 Nov 2022

Discrimination / 2SER interview: UN calls on Australia to act on TV accessibility

The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has found Australia has breached the rights of people who...

28 Oct 2022

Discrimination / "It's the system that's the problem". How airlines are failing people with disability

COVID closed off air travel for most Australians but you could argue that for people with disability, it’s never really...

12 Oct 2022

Discrimination / UN recommends Australia legislate on audio descriptions

A seven+ year campaign to have Australian networks provide audio descriptions for the blind and vision impaired community has resulted...

4 Oct 2022

Discrimination / Lack of audio descriptions on Australian TV a human rights breach, UN committee finds

A United Nations committee has found Australia breached an international human rights treaty by failing to provide audio descriptions on...

4 Oct 2022

Discrimination / UN says Australia must ensure equal access to free-to-air TV for people who are blind or vision impaired

The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has found Australia has breached the rights of people who...

3 Oct 2022

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